Motor mowing-machine



.ing drawin RICHARD H. ZANDER, OF ALMON, WISCONSIN.

Moron. Mownve linacHIlrnV To all whom t concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD H. ZANDER,

a citizenfthe"UnitedStates, residing at town-"ofAl-mon, in the county of Shawano,

new and useful Improvements--injQMoto Mowing Machines; and. :I do reby' de Clare the folllwingftof'be a lful exact description of" the invent-icm will enable others skilled in the art to whic it appertains tfo make and use the same.

This ii'iventifn relates t0 1mpr'o`ven'ents11 mowing machines, and particularly to moto operated mowing machines.

One object'of` the invention is to provid a machine of: thischaracter in which th cutting membengcan' be adjusted to variou heights 'so thatthe device can 'serve as header as well asian ordinary mower.

Another. object-is to provide a machin of this character inwhich the cutter wil l maintain the?! proper horizontal position-1l when the samejlis lifted.`

Other obj cts and"`dvantages of the'in vention wil ing descrip with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure l isa side elevation of a machinel partly broken away, made 1n ae j` cordance l'with 'my invention showing'` th cutting device in lowered positlon,

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the de position when used as a vice in lifted header, v

Fig. 3 is a front lelevation, Fig. 4 is a top plan view, and Fig. 5

thevframe showing the caste" Wheel.

closed in the casing 15, this gearingy befing of the ordinary automobile type and no thought` necessary of illustration.

apparent? from the follow` when taken in connection-j On the forward end of the shaft 32 is a 'crank disk 35 which is pro-vided with a rticularly to the accompany 0 represents the chassis or main frame o l;the'machine the forward por- A tion of which1s-supported by the ground engaging wheels 11, while the rear of the j '-flink 42. Connected to the upper ends of frame is supported by a caster wheel 12. A motor 13 of :explosiveI gas typeis mounted in the rear part of the frame and drivesLthe f wheels 11 through the medium of the main: drive shaft 14 and the gearing which is in;-

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leys 19 mounted onfthe ,frame-fand also around the pulley 2Q inthe forward 'portion of the frame, this latter pulley bein turned by the usual automobile steering Weel 21.

State of W'isconsin, have invented certain,., n the l'for-ward end of themain'frame are ecured the loop straps 22 in which is no unted a shaft 23 extendin transrsely of the frame Nearthe ent s of the .haft are secured forwardly extending par- 1re connected 'by the transversely' extending vafr 25, thestructure constituting a cutter me. Thejftransyerse guardsupports the guardfingers 26 and knifef27 as well as the divider fingers ;2 8 'j of the'cutter. Mounted inthe arm 24 are levers 29- centrally pivted at 29 andthe forward ends of which 1re conne'cted'bylmeans ofjjball and socket f joints 30 to links 31' which are'pivotall connected to the ends of the knife 2 7. l\ ountd on the frame 10, slightly toone side of the center thereof is a longitudinal shaft 32,

the rear end of whichisprovided with a friction' disk 33 which engages with a friction disk 34 carried bythelshaft 14 and from which thesh'aft 32 u. receives power.

wrist pin 36; Pivotally connected to this wrist pin are the inner endsof a pair of connecting rods 37, the outer ends of which are pivotally connected with the-rear ends of the before mentioned levers29. Thus as the. crank disk 35 rotates, the connecting rods '37 will rock the leversV 29 and reciprogcate the cutter 27. At the rear ends of the arms 24 are short verticalstandards 38 the .dftail'ed side elevation of the' upper ends of whichare connected by means l 'of a transverse bar 39. Secured at its opposite ends to the ends ofth'e bar, and diseach of the standards and to eye members V\-.4E3" carried by the armsf 24 -are links 44. h'en the lever 41 is movedr'iearwardly on ,f its pivot the arms 24 will-. be` raised, and by means of 'a segmental rack plate 46 and a pawl 45, the arms 24 can be held at various heights. Thus the cutter canbe adjusted to cut the grain at any distance from the ,-1 ground desired. i

lThe mower knifeand guard are pivotally .mounted on t-he forward ends of the arms llel arms-24, thej'fforwardf ends of which 24, one end of the guard being provided with a vertical stud 47 which is connected to one end of a centrally pivoted rock lever 48 bymeans of a link 49. Pivotally mounted on the frame l0 is a hand lever 50 connected to the other end of the rock lever 48 by a link 5l., Vhent-he arms 24 of the cutter bar frame are swung upwardly oii the pivot; 23, .and the. lever lv5() is held against movement, thelink 49.will exert forward pressure against'the stud47 'and thus rock the knife and guard on their pivots where? frame for vertical movement, a cutting mechanism mounted for vertical pivotal movement at the forward end of the second frame, standards at the rear portion of the second frame, meansy mounted upon the first frame and having connection` with the standards for moving said second lframe vei- ,y tically to extend horizontally in alinement with the first frame or at a` downwardfin'- clination, and means on the first frameand having connection with the cuttingfmechanism for positioning the latter horizontally irrespective of the position of the second frame.

2. In a motor .driven mowing machine, a

wheeled frame,l drive wheels at the sidesjojf f the frame adjacent its forward portion,

motor on the frame having geared connection with the drive wheels, a drive Ishaft e.' tending longitudinally v of the"""wheele frame and having operative connection with' the motor shaft, a frame pivoted tothe-'forward portion of the wheeled frame, a cutting mechanism ivoted to the forward endv of the pivoted rame, a crank-disk atthe forward end of said drive shaft, operative Connections between the crank disk and the cutting mechanism for actuating the latter,

header, a Imotor driven frame, 'frame hinged to the forward means for normally maintaining the cut-y ting mechanism horizontally positioned, and

means for raising and lowering the .pivotedframe.

3. A mowing machine comprising a mov-f tor driven frame, a frame pivotedV to the fored for pivoted movement at the forward end of the swinging frame and having a reciproeating knife, a standard at the rear portion of the swinging frame, braces between the standard and the Swingin frame, an adlustable throw lever on tie motor -frame aving connection with the upright to adjust the swinging frame vertically, a rock lever pivoted to one side kof the swinging frame and having connection with the reciprocating knife of the cutter bar, a motor driven crank-disk having connection with the rear end of the leverfor oscillating the latter from the motor frame, and an adjustable throw lever on the frame having pivotedl connections with the cutter bar for maintaining the horizontal'relation of the cutting mechanism thereof upon y'pivotal movement of the swinging frame vertically. 4. In a motor driven mowing machine and a swinging end of said motor frame, a transversely disposed reciprocating cutter, bar mountedy on the for-- ward end of the Y swinging frame, means vupon the motor frame for raising and lowering the swinging frame, said cutter bar being pivotally mounted near its rear edge at the forward'end offtheiswinging frame, an v upright stud; carriedwthereby, and a `link onnected ywit,hetheiniotor driven frame and o vijativel"y,connectedto said stud whereby "utomatically maintain the cutter bar in a'ihori'z'ontalposition upon movement .of the swinging frame.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

` RICHARD H. ZANDER. Witnesses:

ANNA KLEBESADEL, EMIL BUETTNER.

sa ward portion of the motor frame for ver.ti"v cal swinging movement, a cutter bar mount- 

